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Zurich Museum of Design
Artist: Josef Müller-Brockmann
Year: 1975
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
About this poster
This poster by the famed Swiss graphic designer Josef Müller-Brockmann advertises the 1975 exhibition on Japanese lamps at the Zurich Design museum. The exhibition title, „akari“, means „light“ in Japanese and is also the name of the iconic Akari lamps designed by the Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi in the 1950s. These spherical paper lanterns are also alluded to by the circular design that dominates the poster. Müller-Brockmann uses the simplest of shapes, a circle, brillantly combined with an evocative colour combinations and typography, to convey the essence of the poster subject.
Artist: Josef Müller-Brockmann
Josef Müller-Brockmann, born in 1914 and died in 1996 in Switzerland
In 1930, he started a traineeship as a graphic designer which he quit in 1932. In 1934, he started working as a freelance designer and illustrator in Zurich.
In 1936 he opened his graphic design studio, became a professor in 1957 and in 1959 he founded and became the co-editor of „New Graphic Design“ with Richard Paul Lohse, Ha... more
Josef Müller-Brockmann, born in 1914 and died in 1996 in Switzerland
In 1930, he started a traineeship as a graphic designer which he quit in 1932. ...
In 1936 he opened his graphic design studio, became a professor in 1957 and in 1959 he founded and became the co-editor of „New Graphic Design“ with Richard Paul Lohse, Ha... more
Poster details
- Poster No.: 4994
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- Company: Kunstgewerbemuseum KGM - MFG Zürich, CH
- Printer: J.C. Müller AG, Zürich
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- Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Offset print
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Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. - Category:
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- Publications:Das Plakat in der Schweiz
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich - Poster Collection 25 - Josef Müller-Brockmann
